Cigar clipper and lighter



'.uy 29, 1924. L. v. ARONSON www4 CIGAR CLIPPER AND LGHTER L.. V. ARONSON CIGAR CLIPPER AND' LIGHTER Filed Feb. 12.

1.921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I i 1 v Patented .luly 29, 1924.

Unirse s'r'fA'rEs 1,502,914 PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS V. ABONSON, F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

eraan Curran AND LIGHTER.

Application med February 12, 1921.A serial No. 444,442.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known-that I, LoUIs V. AnoNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar Clippers and Lighters, of which the following is a specification.

The principal purpose of this invention is to provide an a paratus having the combined functions o co-incidentally clipping the end of an ordinary cigar and furnishing a flame by which it may be ignited.

A further object is to produce a device in which all of its several functions are performed by a single operative movement, provision being made for a repetition of the igniting means should it be required.

Another object is to arrange the article in such manner that the spark producing element and fuel may be replenished in an easy manner without dismounting the structure.

These and other analogous objects, such as attractive appearance, durability, convenience and ease of operation, are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of an apparatus made in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the same.

Figure 3 is a partial vertical sectional,

partial side view of the operative elements.

of the apparatus, shown in the normal or rest position and drawn to an enlarged scale.

Figure 4.; is a similar view of the same shown in an operating position.

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary side view showing certain details of construction.

Stated briefly, the apparatus consists of a relatively heavy, saucer shaped base, acting as an ash receiver, and having at its center a standard comprised of a fuel holding receptacle, its attenuated neck supporting cigar clipping and spark producing means adapted to ignite a wick at the mouth of the receptacle, the wick being normally covered by a cap, automatically removed upon operation of the single actuating lever by which all of the several functions are simultaneously performed.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral designates a circ ular base, formed concavely on its upper side except at the raised central portion 10', and secured to its. edge are one or more curved cigar receiving supports 11, the ashes from which fall upon the saucer shaped base which 1s referably of considerable weight. o The ho ow standard 14 is firmly secured in' an erect position at the center of the raised portion of the base and acts as a reservoir for liquid fuel, as alcohol, fed by capillary attraction of the wick 15 to the burner mouth 16 carried at the upper end of a hollow plug 17 engaged by screw threads to the neck 18 of the reservoir, from which the plug 1 s removed when the contents require rep enishing.

The upper end of the plug 17 is enlarged 1n diameter to suit the neck 18 and in the enlarged portion is an annular recess forming collar elements 20 and 21, the latter making contact with the end of the neck 18, while the other has opposed longitudinal recesses receptiveof lugs 22 formed with semicircular bands 23 and 23 which together completely fill the recess between the collars 20 and 21.

These bands at one end are bent sharply outward and turned upward, forming parallelA bracket elements 24 and 24', held by the screw 25 near their bends and carry a pivot screw 26 at their ends on which is mounted a plate 27 formed with a cap 28 having a flattened front and domed top.

This cap is adapted to cover the `wick in the burner mouth 16 when the apparatus is not in actual use and is raised or lowered by turnlng on the pivot 26 due to an arm 29 formed with the plate 27, the arm being connected by a pivot 30 with a link 31, in turn engaged by a pivot 32 between the element-s of the actuating lever 33.

Extending from the bands 23 a-nd 23',

opposite the cap carrying bracket are plate elements 35 and 35 held together by a 'screw 36, these plates having portions extending downward alongside the neck 18 and their outer portions are formed to constitute vertical casings 37 and 37 having at their upper ends horizontal arms 38 and 38. The casing elements 37 and 37 at their lower ends have their edges turned outwardly into flat projecting plates 39 and 39 containing openings 40 suited to receive' the end of a cigar, and are held in spaced parallel relation by a screw 41.

Movable between the plates 39 and 39 is a cutter plate or blade 42 having an opening 43 bevelled from both sides to a sharp edge, which in co-operation with'the openings 40, shear the ci ar end.

rlhe blade 42 is pivote on a'stud 44 and pressed inward towards the .,casings by a light torsional spring 45 encircling t e stud, W ich is carried at the extremities of the operating lever elements 33 and 33', these elements being spread at their ends and pivoted on a screw 46 passing through the lower portions of the plates 35.

The lever elements are bowed outward to encircle the neck 18 and then brought towards each other at the pivot 32 and iinally are connected together at the pad or button 48 by which they are operated as a unit, and it will be evident from the foregoing that vupon depressing the finger pad 48, the cap will be removed and a cigar end can b e sheared preparatory to lighting (see Figs. 3 and 4?.

Attached to the ever elements 33 and 33', by pivots 50, are links 51 engaging at their lower ends with a connecting cross element 52 having fixed at its center a rod 53 passing upwardly through a fixed plate 54 secured transversely in the lower part of the casing elements 37 and 37 and formed' with the plate is a projection 54 the function of which will be further on described.

Encircling the rod 53 is a coiled compression spring 55, exerting pressure between the element 52 and plate 54, which being transmitted through the links 51, maintains the lever in position to operate.

Mounted in the casing arms 38 and 38" on a pivot screw 56 are a pair of ratchet wheels 57 having secured between them a disc 58, its periphery having fine transverse teeth in the manner of a file.

Engageable with the teeth of the ratchets is a pawl 60 pivoted on a pin 61 set in a head 62 drilled to receive a small coiled compression spring 63, adapted to press the pawl intmengagement with the ratchets.

Formed with the head 62 is a plunger bar 64 passing through a plate 65 xed trans versely in the casing elements 37 and' 37 A similar transverse plate 66 is fixed midy way in the length of the casing elements and mounted to slide freely through it is a catch bar 67 having an angular spur 67 near its lower end and pivoted at its upper end, above the plate 66 to the bottom of the plunger bar 64. s

Passing transversely through the bar 64, at a point adjacent the pivot 68 is a fixed pin 69 receiving the thrust of a compression spring 70 encircling the bar 64, the upper end of the spring contacting with the fixed plate 65.

A U shaped spring 71 is bent so that its ends extend within the spring 70, its loop aeoaeve 71 engaging a notch 67 at the to and to the outer slde of the catch bar, t e function of the spring being to'press the spur 67 at the bottom normall outward and cause it to engage with a nger 72.

rl`he portion of the rod 53 extending above the plate `54 is formed with the finger 72 and ada ted to contact with the spur 67', raising t e catch and its attached parts, the catch being guided laterally between iingers 73 ofthe bar 53, which is offset interiorally of the casing.

When the head has been raised to its full height, the angular element 67 coming in contact with the end of the slot in the plate 66 is forced outwardly, freeing the catch from the finger 72, whereupon the s ring 70 forces the head 62 sharply downward and by means ofthe pawl and ratchet, gives a quick rotative movement to the abrader .58, irres ective of the further movement or position of the lever 33.

A tubular casing 75 is formed in the side plates 35 and`35, the same having an open slot 76 -on one side, through which can be passed a piece of pyrophoric material 78, the same 'being guided and held radially of the abrader 58 by the casing 75.

This casingA also guides a plunger 80 formed with a plate 81 containing a slot 82 through which the pivot 46 passes, guiding and limiting the motion of the plate.

An arm 83 formed with the plate is guided in an openin in the plate extension 54 and has an encirc ing compression spring 84 exerting upward pressure on the-plate and by virtue of the plunger 80, also on the sparking material 78.

A knob 85 attached to the plate 81 is used to retract thesame when desired, asin replenishing the sparkin material or in operating the cigar cutter a one, thereby avoiding the production of a spark.

The operation is obviously extremely simple, merely depressing the finger pad 48, clipping the cigar and extending it into the flame at 15, the same bein ignited at the time of clipping the end an without respect to whether o r not the4 lever be released.

Due to the shear blade 42 being pivoted, it can at any time swing out for the purpose of cleaning or sharpening.

If clipping the cigar alone be required, the knob 85 may be drawn down, avoiding making a spark.

' It is noticeable that the spark is delivered closely to and directly against the wick, and that the same is covered at all times except when the pad 48 is depressed, thus preventing loss of the liquid fuel by evaporation.

While certain preferred embodiments of this device have been shown and described, it will be understood that changes in the form, arrangements, proportions, sizes'and details thereof may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent `and claim, is

1. An apparatus of the class described comprising in combination, a circular base having a concave upper surface, a column fixed centrally on said base, a cigar cutter fixed on the upper end of said column and having a pair of spaced plates containing an aperture for the clgar, a manually operable lever pivoted on one of said plates and having a part encircling said column, a shear plate pivoted to said lever movable between said plates, and means permitting said shear plate to swing outwardly upon its pivot when raised by said lever and return to normal position upon release.

2. An apparatus of the class described comprising 1n combination a base, a hollow standard acting as a reservoir rising therefrom, a burner tube carried by said standard, a wick therein, a cap for Said tube over said wick, a frame supported on said burner tube, a lever pivoted on said frame, operative connections between said cap and said lever, sparking means adapted to ignite said wick, said sparking means being operated by said lever, means for rendering said sparking means inoperative, and means for clipping a cigar by the actuation of said lever.

3.- An apparatus of the class described comprising 1n combination a heavy circular base, 7 ahollow standard acting as a reservoir rising therefrom, a burner tube carried by said standard, a wick therein, a cap for said tube over said wick, a frame supported on said burner tube, a lever pivoted on said frame, operative connections between said cap and said lever, sparkn means adapted to ignite said wick, sai sparking means being operated by said lever, means for rendering said sparking means inoperative, means for clipping a cigar by the actuation of said lever, said cigar clipping means comprising a pair of spaced plates containing an aperture for the cigar,

a shear plate pivoted to said lever movable between said plate, and means permitting said shear plate to swing outwardly upon its pivot upon depression of the lever and return to normal position u on release.

This specification signe and witnessed this eleventh day of February, 1921.

LOUIS V. ARONSON. Witnesses:

FERDINAND T. NoLL, FREDK C. FISCHER. 

